With Reporting By Josh Horowitz

“Silicon Valley” was renewed after only a few of its first season’s episodes broadcast, all of which were met with enormously positive reviews. As we approach the June 1 season finale, with the guys lining up for a final presentation at TechCrunch, it only makes sense to wonder what lies ahead for the entrepreneurs and programmers in season two.

Luckily, Kumail Nanjiani, who plays Danesh and has become one of the show’s breakout stars, was able to wring some info out of show creator Mike Judge.

“I was with Mike… we were hanging out late, and I asked him, ‘Hey, what plans do you guys have?’” Nanjiani told MTV News. “Very preliminary ideas they have for it, he told me three or four of them. And it’s really, really exciting.”

The show has already hit some major sitcom plotlines in its early episodes, even doing a road trip episode.

“Most sitcoms don’t do that till Season Four or Five, and we got to sort of change everything up,” Nanjiani said. “That’s how confident these guys were.”

But after a road trip episode, and even (SPOILER ALERT) a character who was kidnapped by a self-driving car, where can the show go next season?

“Season Two I think, from what I’ve heard, might continue that, again put us out of our comfort zone,” Nanjiani explained. “There’s the house, and that’s where we’re most comfortable … and then the last two episodes we go to TechCrunch, and suddenly the roof is gone and it’s all very ...

For some, music and sports are like oil and water, but for Lil Wayne and his buds Kobe Bryant and Floyd Mayweather, who helped him teased Tha Carter V on their social media, the two “go together like chemicals” to quote Tunechi’s “With You” (we’ll assume those chemicals combust in pleasing ways for this example).Lil Wayne had a lot to say about how the ways music and sports are connected in an interview with ESPN magazine.

“Athletes wanna be rappers, rappers want to be athletes,” Lil Wayne, an avid skateboarder and Lakers fan, told ESPN. “I wanna be what I am.”

Floyd Mayweather’s Lil Wayne assist:

Kobe Bryant’s cosign for Weezy:

“Sports and music are connected by youth. Music is youth, sports is youth, and to the younger players, music is their motivating force,” he added. “Also I believe athletes want you to know who they are — not just how they play. Music is an outlet for that.”

As for his own music and what to expect from his next album, he shared that “Tha Carter V is about growth, flat-out. My thoughts are wiser. I still say what I want to say — it just sounds better and makes more sense. That all comes with growth and maturity.”

Lil Wayne dropped the first Tha Carter V single, “Believe Me” featuring Drake and “D’usse” earlier this month. Also check out the latest Weezy Wednesday installation, “Tina Turn Up Needs A Tune Up.”

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If music doesn’t work out, it looks like Chance The Rapper could have a promising second career in baseball, judging at least from his pro-looking windup and throw right into the catcher’s mitt during Friday’s White Sox game against the San Diego Padres at Chicago’s U.S. Cellular Field.

The MC, who recently dropped an amazing cover of the cartoon theme song for “Arthur,” thankfully didn’t suffer the same fate as 50 Cent, whose errant throw caused Fif to be pulled over by the cops and ridiculed all over the internet.

Chance celebrated the successful pitch with an adorable victory fist-pump move. Check out the clip below.

Althea Legaspi

One Direction‘s Liam Payne has (sorta) broken the (kinda) silence about the weed video that surfaced online. In the leaked clip, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlison are smoking what appears to be a joint while in a car in Peru.

Some of 1D had used their Twitters to address the incident, mostly by thanking fans, but not directly commenting on the issue. But now Liam is at least indirectly referring to the guys’ possible indiscretion by admitting they may have gone a “little sideways” and “I apologise for that”:

Liam also explained that being young means they’ll “fall short somewhere”:

He also commented on their future and showed gratitude for the fame and success that they’ve achieved as well as for their Directioners:

Despite Liam tweeting that “We have a lot of growing up to do,” it sounds like he’s taken the mature route around this controversy. Zayne, Louis, your move.

Possession of up to 8 grams of marijuana is generally not punishable in Peru.

Althea Legaspi

Just days after announcing her Demi: The World Tour dates, which kick off in September, Demi Lovato is playing a slightly different part: tourist.

Demi was photographed visiting the Tower of London while sporting the traditional bearskin hat of the Yeomen Warders aka “Beefeater” guards of the Tower.

Clearly she can make just about any headgear look good, including a jeweled crown, which she took an obvious liking to once inside the Tower.

Next time, Demi, can you please just take me with you?

Jonathan Goldner

Kesha‘s gearing up for her upcoming gig as one of the panel of experts on ABC’s “Rising Star.” As part of the show’s promotional run, Kesha is featured in a photo with her new logo, sans her former signature dollar sign, which she dropped after leaving rehab.

Kesha will be joined by fellow panelists Ludacris, Brad Paisley and host Josh Groban for the “Rising Star” live music competition, which boasts a screen where photos of viewers who vote for competitors will flash live in real time.

“Rising Star” premieres on June 22.

Althea Legaspi

Filming a Western probably isn’t as bad as actually being in the Old West, but sometimes, it might come close.

Seth MacFarlane’s new comedy “A Million Ways To Die In The West” is all about how living in the Old West is terrible. Naturally, filming that isn’t going to be a walk in the park.

“The weather was a nightmare,” MacFarlane said. “If you’re doing a Wetern and you want to capture vistas like this, Monument Valley, that’s an unfortunate part of the process.”

“There were dust storms,” Sarah Silverman added. Sometimes it got so bad that co-star Giovanni Ribisi would shout to her, “Sarah, I can’t see you!”

One scene in particular was torturous to film, especially for one person in particular.

“That one funeral scene… that was so cold that night,” Silverman said. “And there was an old lady extra, and like, we get warming jackets in between, and I felt so bad. So I was like ‘come into my jacket.’”

Silverman wryly added, “Too bad you’re not talent.”

And MacFarlane’s favorite awful part? “I love crawling through sheep s–t.”

With the dust storms, the cold, and the animal excrement, was it really worth going through all that trouble to make the movie?

“It is worth it, it looks gorgeous,” MacFarlane said. “People have said, ‘Oh the movie looks expensive,’ and it’s really not an expensive film.”

We hope for MacFarlane’s actors’ sakes that the funnyman’s next movie is set in Hawaii.

“A Million Ways To Die In The West” is in theaters now.

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At the Sasquatch! festival in Washington, Chance the Rapper took a break from his set to cover the children’s cartoon theme song from “Arthur.”

If you’re not familiar/not a ’90s kid, the show is about eight year old aardvark named Arthur Read, who has adventures with his family and friends.

The cartoon is one of the longest running shows of its kind on PBS, just behind “Sesame Street.” The original theme song was recorded by Ziggy Marley and The Melody Makers; but for his take, Chance embellished the funky reggaeton feel, crashing cymbals and invoking the audience to chime, “every day it could be wonderful.”

We’re not sure the crowd actually realized what Chance was covering, but that didn’t stop them from swaying along to the lyrics of, “And I say Hey/What a wonderful kind of day/To learn to work and play/And get along with each other.”

Kelci Shipley

Rapper Ray J was arrested last night (May 30) in Beverly Hills after an alleged altercation at the bar in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

The Beverly Hills Police Department initially responded to a complaint that the rapper had touched a woman inappropriately, but contact was deemed “incidental.” As Ray J exited the hotel he became aggravated with the valet, and refused to leave.

The incident escalated from there: when he was put into custody by the police, Ray J allegedly kicked out a car’s window, and spit in an officer’s face. After being arrested for trespassing, the rapper was also charged with vandalism, resisting arrest and battery on a police officer.

According to TMZ, Ray J’s bail has been set at $20,000, and he was released overnight.

Kelci Shipley

You may already be familiar with the story of “Begin Again,” the latest movie from “Once” director Jay Carney. The first trailer was released in May, and showcased the romance of Gretta (Keira Knightley) and Dan (Mark Ruffalo), two musicians who team up to make sweet music all over New York City.

The newest trailer, however, gives us a better look at Adam Levine‘s role, and voice in the film. The real-life rock star doesn’t have to go too far out of his comfort zone to play the guitar slinging Dave, Knightley’s original boyfriend (who at times sports an impressive amount of facial hair). The second trailer also spotlights Levine’s new acoustic track “Lost Stars” as he sings onstage and in the studio, growing distant from Knightley and her own ambitions for the mic.

While the two part ways to yes, “begin again,” each singer is showcased in their journey: unsurprisingly Maroon 5 frontman Levine sang and played guitar for his part, but turns out Knightley also knows how to hit a tune.

Be on the look-out for Levine’s “The Voice” co-judge, CeeLo Green, who makes a cameo toward the end.

“Begin Again” hits theaters July 11.

Kelci Shipley